Healthy Recipes to Keep You Fit and Fabulous

I am by no means a person with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. But today, I felt like I may have needed to be institutionalized for it. I opted for an afternoon workout so I could study in the morning, so we headed over to the gym when Corey got home from work. I don’t exactly have a plethora of workout clothes, but I have a good amount that usually lasts me between laundry loads. I was running low today, so I grabbed two things I don’t normally wear to workout- a purple, stretchy tank top that is made for exercise, and a pair of Nike running shorts. The shorts were laughably big on me. I don’t even know where they came from, or why I own them, but I pray that they never actually fit me in this life. Anyway, I had nothing else, so I had to make it work. I pinned the shorts a little on the sides with safety pins, rolled them twice, and headed out the door.

Here’s the thing- it takes a lot for this chick to actually go running, so when I do, everything must be perfect! By that I mean that my hair has to be pulled completely away from my face- not a single hair can touch my face- my ponytail needs to stay put and not fall out or touch my shoulders when I’m running. My shorts have to fit and stay put, my iPod cannot even insinuate that it’s about to run out of battery, and it can’t be too hot outside! Today, was not my kind of running day. And I wasn’t even outside! As soon as I started running on the treadmill, everything went to crap. My T.V. wouldn’t go to the one channel I wanted to watch, my hair, which was in a bun, flopped up and down until it came completely out, my stretchy tank was riding up to the point where my entire stomach was showing, and my makeshift shorts were getting stuck up my butt thanks to the safety pinning job I did. I honestly almost lost my mind. To top it all off, there was some girl behind me on the bike who appeared to be one of those I-weigh-89-pounds-but-go-to-the-gym-to-watch-TV-and-look-hot types, and I’m pretty sure she was laughing at my visible frustration. I’ll deal with her next time.

Anyways, I ended up only completing 20-minutes of semi-running, but I used my anger to power me through a great weights session.

An EatSmart Asian Salad Kit! The kit included a mixture of shredded lettuce and cabbage, a packet of Asian dressing, and a small packet of “crunchies”- wonton noodles and almonds.

I will definitely be buying another kit in the future!

Dinner

Before I left for class, I decided to try a new recipe. I threw some ingredients in the Crock Pot, and when I came home, dinner was basically ready to go, and it smelled delicious. Here’s what I made:

Smokey BBQ Pulled Chicken

Servings: 2-3

Ingredients:

2 large boneless, skinless chicken breasts

8 oz. tomato sauce

1 tablespoon tomato paste

1 tablespoon Chipotle mustard

1 tablespoon Red Wine Vinegar

1 onion or shallot, chopped

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

2 tablespoons Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Sauce

Several shakes of your favorite hot sauce (I used Paula Deen’s!)

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1/2 tablespoon paprika

salt and pepper, several pinches

Directions:

Mix together all of the above ingredients, except the chicken, in the crock pot until smooth.

Before

Add the chicken breasts, cover, and cook on low for 6 hours.

Pull, pull, pull!

When the chicken is done cooking, remove it from the pot and place on a cutting board. Use two forks to pull the chicken apart, then add it back into the pot with the sauce and mix together. Serve!

After

I have to say, this was awesome. It’s so easy to get sick of chicken when you run out of ideas for making it, but this made me want to eat it every day! I served our chicken with two frozen sides:

Frozen Friends

Dinna

After dinner, I was craving something sweet (of course) so I asked Corey if he was in the mood for frozen yogurt. He wasn’t, but that wasn’t the right answer, so we hopped in the car and hurried over to the frozen yogurt place down the street. Alas, we were too late and they were closed. I was on a mission and wasn’t about to go home empty-handed, so we went to Publix and I grabbed our favorite flavor of their Premium No-Sugar-Added, Light Ice Cream:

Butter Pecan

Why would I buy evil ice cream instead of perfectly healthy frozen yogurt, you ask? Well, I used to buy their frozen yogurt all the time, until I decided to check the Nutrition Facts one day, and realized that this was a huge mistake! In comparison to the above ice cream, Publix’s Premium Frozen Yogurt has roughly 13 more grams of sugar, which is bad. Therefore, we eat light ice cream sweetened with my B.F.F., Splenda.

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I have to go study AGAIN. I can’t wait until this week is over!

Comments on: "OCD Runner" (7)

Hey carl, that chicken sounds super delicious but eating at the sorority house gives me the opportunity to learn little fun facts around the kitchen so here’s one I find particularly interesting. Hot sauce, like Crystal, has 0 calories, while Buffalo sauce is only made up of plain hot sauce and….dramatic pause…..BUTTER! The enemy rears its ugly head once again, but if you want to make this meal even more lo-cal I would suggest skipping the buffalo and opting for only hot sauce 🙂 but then again, I’m not the chef, love you!

I can always count on you to find a flaw! Feel free to tell your sisters the only time buffalo sauce is made with real butter is in a restaurant or if you make it yourself- Frank’s Red Hot Buffalo Sauce is made with butter “flavor” and only has 23 calories and 0g of fat per tablespoon. BOOYA!